Prelude to Revolution,9780896086821

Prelude to Revolution

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9780896086821
ISBN10: 0896086828
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-08-01
Publisher(s): South End Pr
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Summary

An essential history of the May 1968 upheaval in France-and how it changed the world. Prelude to Revolution is the indispensable study of May 1968. Generations have looked to this book for inspiration. Singer, who died in 2000, was widely considered the most adept interpreter of European politics for American audiences. He shows here how change happens-and why it is needed

Author Biography

Daniel Singer (1926-2000) lived in Paris and served as the European correspondent for The Nation magazine for many years

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Preface to Second Edition xv
PART ONE The meaning of May 1(36)
PART TWO The Hidden Powder Keg 37(76)
University in Turmoil
41(28)
Society in Flux
69(22)
``A Class for Itself''?
91(15)
The Dynamics of Youth, or Angry Young Men
106(7)
PART THREE The Explosion 113(108)
The Student Uprising (May 3-May 13)
115(37)
The Workers Take Over (May 14-May 27)
152(34)
How Not to Seize Power (May 27-May 31)
186(20)
From General Strike to General Election
206(15)
PART FOUR The Fallout 221(76)
No Peasants on Their Backs
223(9)
Anarchy and Dual Power
232(11)
The ``New Proletarians''?
243(17)
Cultural Revolution
260(9)
The Would-Be Soviets
269(7)
The Negative Hero
276(21)
PART FIVE In Search of the Future 297(114)
The End of Marginalism
299(23)
Without a Model
322(27)
The Unwithering State
349(16)
Tests for a Strategy
365(24)
The International Dimension
389(15)
Age of Conflict or Age of Revolution?
404(7)
Abbreviations 411(4)
Index 415

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